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I share my experience with mental health struggles and my discovery of a path out of darkness and stagnancy. The tools and structure I used to coach myself into a powerful place can be re-formatted and used for any individual, team, or small business struggling with change or curious to live more fully.

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Thanks @datenightyyc @theaceclass_ for capturing this rad photo. ❤️Connection in action. 🙌🏽
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We are told when we are young to not talk to strangers. We are hurt and scarred by interactions that create bullying or where we are misunderstood and we don’t have the ability or skills to create clarity. We push others away as an attempt to protect our hearts and avoid heart break. As adults, it’s our job to re-learn proper communication and how to build healthy and balanced relationship with ourselves, with others, and with the concepts we use to describe our reality. We need to know ourselves deeply and find a place of grounding daily so we have a gauge for when our boundaries are being crossed, full of holes, too stuck or concrete, or pushed over. It’s all a practice. It’s a dance of give and take, try this then that, lean in and sit back, speak truthfully and listen generously, express your emotions and make bold requests, know your needs and guide others to support you, and offer up space to be heard, cared for, and celebrated. It’s an imperfect process but that is where the vulnerable heartfelt connection awaits ❤️
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#yyc #connect #speeddating #wingwoman #grow #consciouscommunication #trust #notice #slowdowntospeedup #speakup #expressyourself #tunein #leanin #ifeel #impact #vulnerable #raw #support #openup #wearestrongertogether #dopeame

How do we discern between the EGO and our true selves and/or intuition???? .
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My latest musings have me calling Bull-Shit on my first impulsive reaction. The EGO is powerful, seductive, and can shake us to our core when we listen or see it as truth. I find it fascinating to continue stepping back and witness my ego and have conversations about the ego. Does this sound familiar?.......
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“This hurts. I should be better at this. Look at that girl she is way better than me. But look at that one, at least I look way better than her. Why is it so hot in here? Why is that person breathing so loud? Did someone smoke before coming in here? How rude and disrespectful. What am I gonna have for dinner tonight? What’s in my fridge? I better stop at the store on my way home. I better work a little harder here so I can earn myself a treat. I don’t want to do this lunge - I’m just gonna do some sit ups instead. She’s telling me to move slower, but she doesn’t know me. I can’t do that pose she just told me to do. This girl beside me is so flexible. I bet she has an awesome life. I wish I had an awesome life. I should be way further along in my career. It seems like everybody my age is married with kids and loving their life. What’s wrong with me? Why aren’t I enough? Why is this so much harder for me? Maybe if I get really good at yoga I will attract more positive attention. This pose hurts! Why do I suck? I don’t want to do this anymore.”
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Call BULLSHIT! We waste our energy by engaging with our ego. Notice the impulsive reaction, find the pause, calm your mind and body down and then decide how you want to respond. How you want to show up. How you want to feel. What you want for this relationship. And what mindful and deliberate thought and action will help you get there. A healthy and balanced ego can become your best friend. And like all best-friends, we need to call BULLSHIT when we see it! ❤️✨
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#ego #slowdown #respond #retrainyourbrain #healthandbalance #loveyourself #callbullshit #respondversusreact #subconscious #conscious #knowyourmind #nourishyourself #meetyourownneeds #fuelforlife #theresalwaysaway #awareness #practice #mindbodycoach #imperfect

ReGen @boldathlete every Thursday at 545-635pm. An intentional 50 minutes of cultivating length, longevity and recovery for the connective tissues and major joints in the body. Come learn the art of slowing down along with mindfulness tips and tools to create a deeper connection to the wellspring of wisdom and energy already within you. First night was a huge success as most participants fell asleep in savasana ❤️✨. .
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#yoga #slowdown #yin #mindfulness #breathwork #hipsandshoulders #glutesandhamstrings #backandquads #balance #foundation #yogaforathletes #gratitude #calmyourmind #regenerateyourbody #build #deliberatesoftness #noticeyourmindchatter #accesstothemoment #newclass #yyc #comecheckusout #fun #bold

I am inspired by many people but nobody comes close to you. My rock keeping me tethered to reality. My heart showing me how much I am loved and cared for every day. My man, teaching me, inspiring me, and leading the way with passion and adventure. ❤️
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One of my fave Instagram connections is @amberdodzweit and I have been reflecting on something she said a few weeks ago about being in a relationship. Basically, a committed relationship is being with someone and trying hard to not be an asshole everyday. 🤣. There’s so much truth in that. It’s easy when it’s easy, and we all have a subconscious mind that brings patterns and habits to the surface that do not match who we truly want to be for ourselves or each other. To make a relationship work, we must be in our work. Everyday I try my best to take care of myself and meet my own needs so that I can show up for you and have the space and energy available to notice patterns that don’t serve me (or us) and continue to grow and evolve into the best version of who we can be together. My biggest breakthroughs have been with you. You have been with me through my worst and I am forever grateful and working hard to be my best with you by my side. Every day is Valentine’s Day. Love yourself first and more love will continue to find you ❤️
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#grateful #lucky #myrock #mylove #workinghardtobemybest #bestself #spresdthelove #selflove #mybabe #love

I notice the tendency many of us have to hone in on one small part of the full picture - to pick and choose the aspects or qualities we see first, or want more of, and neglect the beautiful complexity of the whole. .
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Vulnerability is courageous, generous, a practice, and bountiful as the platform for genuine connection, immense personal growth, and authentic conversation. AND - it’s terribly uncomfortable. It can make you feel shaky, weak, sensitive, fragile, unsafe, insecure and cautious with your words and your heart. Vulnerability is all of this! If you’re stepping into a conversation or an opportunity to share and you feel only the shadow or shaky side of the concept, then perhaps you need more time to digest and tune into the light. And if you are feeling overly courageous and proud in your vulnerability, then perhaps it is time to crack open a bit more and lean into what makes you uncomfortable. .
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Vulnerability is found in between the extremes where the full depth and breadth of its complexity is felt and shared. Vulnerability is a gift, not a weakness. It’s a super power we can all cultivate with practice and patience. Tune into the non-dualistic nature of the concepts you are trying to learn and embrace. Nothing is black and white, everything is a complex mixture of shadow and light. What concept have you been grappling with that might land better if you step back and ask “what else is true?”
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#nondualism #vulnerability #embracecomplexity #mindmap #knowwhatyoumean #depth #truth #bestself #shadow #light #presence #growth #beauty #mindbodyconnection #dopeame #whatelseistrue #perspective

April 29 is the day we get together to inspire, learn, sweat, grow, and cultivate the tools to generate the momentum you’ve been craving. Special earlybird offer now available for a short period of time. Post your email below or send it in a PM. Lucy @dunnebells_ and I will reach out personally with more details! ❤️
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#orenda #affectchange #mindbodyconnection #passion #yycevents #itstartswithyou #learn #grow #connect #workshop #personaldevelopment #coach #inspire #motivate #unbecometobecome #being #doing #chakras #bestself @friendshipfitnessyyc

It starts with me. ✨ regardless of partnership, relationships, community, family, or any other form of being a support for others - the change and the healing starts with the individual!
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I heal myself constantly by seeing myself clearly and making mindful course directions as I notice my reactive/impulsive mind try to take the wheel. I sit in the discomfort of my lapses in lacking integrity. I lean into the struggle and dis-ease I create when I ignore my emotions and try to numb them with various vices. The only way to break patterns and cycles that don’t serve you, is to be face to face with your own hypocrisy and learn from your missteps. It’s not supposed to be perfect or easy or smooth. We all hit roadblocks and need to do a more serious assessment of what is weighing us down or causing stagnation. But after a while, you find a rhythm. A trajectory of growth that becomes more easeful, nourishing, and satisfying. Learn to embrace the growth process and you become limitless. .
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Be in your work. Support and cheer each other on. The world changes a generation at a time. Stop trying to fix or change others and focus on your contribution. Once you are powerful in leading self, then, Together, we are also limitless. .
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#beinyourwork #leadingself #learn #grow #startswithyou #leadbyexample #independence #fillyourself #fuelyourself #nourishment #selfcare #selflove #bestself #growthmindset #knowyourmachine #respondversusreact #slowdowntospeedup #grateful #focus #everydayisanopportunity #intention #reminders #mindbodycoach #dopeame

What reminder do you need tonight? What need are you seeking to fulfill in your actions? What kind of weekend do you want to have? What are you going to do about it? Use Reflection and Action. Tools for growth. .
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My amazingly talented friend @pipeypoo92 helped me design this image. Same lovely lady who creatively designed my book. So grateful for you Piper ✨❤️
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More tools, fewer rules. #useyourtimewisely #goodnight #designyourlife

Nothing beats the feeling of receiving messages and pictures from friends and strangers as they discover my book and share their insights and gratitude. I feel full and complete because of the magic this book first brought into my life in the process of writing it, and then knowing that a handful of people have been truly touched and changed by it as well. It’s the gift that keeps on giving. .
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Want a copy? It’s still available at Chinook Chapters in the local author section, @livyogayyc, online at lulu.com and amazon.com, and I also have a bunch of copies on hand. So reach out to me and we can arrange a meet-up. I have so much faith in this book and it feels so much bigger than me. I would be thrilled to have your support in helping me spread this book further than I could on my own ❤️🙌🏽
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#bethechange #storytime #retrainyourbrain #weallhaveastruggle #mentalhealth #ownyourshit #embraceit #leanintoit #loveyourselfup #perfectlyimperfect #grateful #learn #grow #perspective #shift #letgo #slowdowntospeedup #tellyourselfwhatyouneedtohear #fear #death #life #religion #leadership #vulnerability #theresalwaysaway

What if everything you have been through was exactly what you needed? What if every heart break, every missed opportunity, every “wrong” turn was the breakdown you needed for your breakthrough? What if life is your unpredictable and wild dance partner and your job is to learn how to listen, respond, grow and strip away the layers that are not you so that you can be the best dance partner this life deserves? Life isn’t happening to you, it’s happening for you, and what you make of it is completely your own doing. Change isn’t about becoming something you’re not, it’s about unbecoming who you’ve been traumatized and habituated into being so that you can align with the true YOU beneath the surface. What are you doing to shed another layer today? What are you practicing? Find your practice field and hop to it 🙏🏽❤️
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#thisisyoga #shedlayers #bestself #shiftperspective #learnbydoing #getmessy #enjoytheprocess #divinetiming #trust #fall #getbackup #shakeitoff #keepgrowing #selflove #practice #everydayisagift #gratitude #grounding #dopeame